Risk Matrix Template for Assessment Workshops with 3x3 and 5x5 Scoring

Cover slide for a risk matrix workshop toolkit with the tagline Score consistently, prioritize clearly, assign action, and three matching icon pillars.

• • Score consistently
• • Prioritize clearly
• • Assign action

Shared three-rank definitions for likelihood (Unlikely, Possible, Likely) and impact (Minor, Moderate, Major), with the formula Score = Likelihood × Impact and a worked 2 × 3 = 6 example.

• • 1 Unlikely / Minor
• • 2 Possible / Moderate
• • 3 Likely / Major
• • Score = Likelihood × Impact

A shared 3 × 3 view for a project review that plots three example risks by score, with a Low 1–2, Medium 3–4 and High 6–9 risk level key.

• • R1 Supplier delay: score 6
• • R2 Approval backlog: score 2
• • R3 Scope change: score 3

A five-rank risk matrix from Rare to Almost certain and Negligible to Severe, with scores from 1 to 25, a Low 1–4, Medium 5–9 and High 10–25 key, and an example rank-definition table.

• • Low 1–4
• • Medium 5–9
• • High 10–25

A scoring table showing how likelihood and impact combine into a score and risk band for three fictional risks, with a band key and score formula.

• • Supplier delay: 2 × 3 = 6, High
• • Approval backlog: 1 × 2 = 2, Low
• • Scope change: 3 × 1 = 3, Medium

A response table that assigns each example risk a response, an owner and a review date, with a reminder to re-rate after reviewing each response.

• • Confirm backup supplier
• • Agree review checkpoints
• • Use change request log

A three-stage review timeline across 02–06 Nov 2026 showing each example risk's action, owner and review date, with a note to record changes to likelihood, impact and action.

Four steps to reuse the toolkit: define the scale, replace the example risk, recalculate the score and review with an owner and date, with a reminder to use numbers and labels alongside color.

• • Define
• • Replace
• • Recalculate
• • Review